On Mon, 15 Jul 2002, John Dalbec wrote:
> Is it feasible to change the hostname and IP address of a system without > rebooting it? What services would need to be restarted? Absolutely. My laptop only ever gets rebooted when I upgrade the kernel and I plug it into several different network locations and even use different network cards with it. To change the hostname the command (as root) is simply: hostname <new hostname> To change the network settings, simply run: netconfig then /etc/init.d/network restart If it it's a laptop, I find it's usually best to stop pcmcia services first: /etc/init.d/pcmcia stop then start them again /etc/init.d/pcmcia start before running netconfig and restarting network. Finally, you should check your route by typing "route" to see if your gateway is configured correctly. If not, you can add it manually by issuing: route add default gw <ip address of gateway> Personally, I only need to do the latter in one of the 5 network locations I plug my machine in to. I hope that helps. Ian _______________________________________________ Seawolf-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/seawolf-list
